DLD 6/25/07: A Day In The Head Of Adam Melhuse
by Apricot on Jun 25, 2007 8:57 AM PDT
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Icky weekend. Here some links and cartoons.
Overmatched A's limp out of New York
On the original 2007 major-league schedule, the A's were set to play the Brewers in Milwaukee. When the final, revised schedule was released, however, Oakland wound up with the Mets, one of baseball's best and highest-salaried clubs.
A'S NOTEBOOK / Calero may be next on DL
Closer Huston Street is out, setup man Justin Duchscherer is out and now setup man Kiko Calero is likely to join both on the disabled list today. Calero said he has a tired right shoulder, something like a "dead arm'' that has bothered him.
Team mum about K.C. declining Bradley deal
The A's provided no information whatsoever Saturday after a trade that would have sent Milton Bradley to Kansas City fell through the previous evening. "I have no comment on the situation,'' general manager Billy Beane said Saturday afternoon.
Previously: A Day In The Head of Eric Chavez.
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awesome!
The Adam Melhuse thought process is hilarious. Will I get thrown out onto a New Jersey turnpike after reading it?
by malikot on Jun 25, 2007 9:01 AM PDT reply actions 0 recs
a request
I'd really, really like to see a (recent) Day In The Head Of Billy Beane
by ArakSOT on Jun 25, 2007 9:04 AM PDT reply actions 0 recs
That would be as scrutable
as one of the Korean comics sans translation.
by mikeA on Jun 25, 2007 9:07 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
would A Day in the Head of Marco be Scutable?
by monkeyball on Jun 25, 2007 9:43 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Let me help:
SMASH! F&$^! AHHHHH!! F#%&! SMASH! F%#$! D$#@! P^$@! S@$T! SMASH! ARG! [throws chair] ARG! ASS! F$@% YOUR MOTHER IN THE A@%! AHHH! SUCK MY F*&#^ING HAIRY F$#@&%^ #*%@S! SMASH! F$#& YOU, FISHER F#*@&ING PRICE! SMASH! [throws secretary] ARG! DERGEYBLOO! WAAAAFRUGH! F#&^ PIECE OF DONKEY S&$#! SMASH! I WILL F$@* YOU IN THE @#%! SMASH! F*&#! [throws table]
Fin.
by Jennifer on Jun 25, 2007 9:14 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
dergeybloo?
by Poppy on Jun 25, 2007 9:17 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Think of it as a grunting noise.
by Jennifer on Jun 25, 2007 9:20 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I'd hate to see what would have to happen to a
person for them to make that sound.
by theblackpearl on Jun 25, 2007 11:17 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
It's a variation of the color made famous in...
Steely Dan's song "Deacon Blue".
by McFood on Jun 25, 2007 11:08 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Excellent Vizio diagram
Funnniest part from Bradley article:
In addition, Bradley has had so many injuries in his career, it's certainly conceivable that he could have come off the DL on Wednesday and immediately hurt himself again.
by jubjub on Jun 25, 2007 9:05 AM PDT reply actions 0 recs
When I click on that link I get this:
STOP!
You cannot access the following Web address:
Yadda yadda yadda
I no can haz addiction?
by McFood on Jun 25, 2007 9:12 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Oops, meant as reply to gotgreen's post.
by McFood on Jun 25, 2007 9:15 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
You totally need a new job.
by Poppy on Jun 25, 2007 9:16 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Where is everyone?
Get swept once and everyone scurries away? Brutal weekend for the A's, but on a personal note it was a great weekend for me. 7 months, one test, and 5 interviews ago I applied for a promotion. I got it Friday! My faith in civil service has been restored, can the A's be far behind?
by alox on Jun 25, 2007 9:07 AM PDT reply actions 0 recs
Unfortunately, it's times like these when we need
to turn to real life for consolation....Congratulations!
by LAXile on Jun 25, 2007 1:46 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Perish the thought,
Mostly real life sucks....which is why I hang out here far more than is good for my mental health. Thanks for the congrats though! Much like my wife, I was beginning to think all of AN was indifferent to my minimulist accomplishments. I am now going to set much loftier goals...like learning to spell.
by alox on Jun 25, 2007 1:55 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Jumping on congrats-bandwagon
...sheepishly distracted by evil computer games...
by pam5981 on Jun 25, 2007 2:40 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I'm on the congratswagon, too!
Don't blame the game, though... I was away from the computer (if I'd been at the computer, then yeah, I'd have been playing the game).
by Poppy on Jun 25, 2007 3:05 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Waste managment.
by alox on Jun 25, 2007 11:14 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
moving this over from the weekend DLD!
this is a VERY addicting game. many have wasted precious time over the weekend playing this! YOU HAVE BEEN WARNED. :)
and that Melhuse thing is hilarious!!! great job!! =)
by gotgreen on Jun 25, 2007 9:09 AM PDT reply actions 0 recs
Enabler!
by Poppy on Jun 25, 2007 9:12 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Tired addiction.
by McFood on Jun 25, 2007 9:16 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
it's the subject of Urban's next story
by jubjub on Jun 25, 2007 9:18 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I wish you could pause this game
Because I have to toggle back to a screen I'm "working" on whenever someone walks by, and it's really killing my score.
by pam5981 on Jun 25, 2007 9:50 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
c'mon, let's see some high scores
8664
by rebus on Jun 25, 2007 9:29 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
19149
not a typo!
by rebus on Jun 25, 2007 9:40 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
18568 so far & TIP for @ work ppl
shrink your browser so that the only visible part is the pitcher, you, and the strike zone. Have something else behind the browser window so you can quickly click over to that file. Helpful since there isn't a Pause/Esc/Boss key.
by Rickeyfan on Jun 25, 2007 10:07 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
AH!
11859 but my stoopid phone rang and had to stop for a conference call.
by Jennifer on Jun 25, 2007 10:23 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
12605!
by Jennifer on Jun 25, 2007 10:25 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
49857
Booya! It helps that I have nothing else to do and have amazing mouse-eye coordination from years of video game playing.
by jubjub on Jun 25, 2007 10:33 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I'm Jason Kendall, except that I can't get HBP.
by Poppy on Jun 25, 2007 10:36 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I also rule at Tecmo Bowl
and Halo
Hail to the nerd!
by jubjub on Jun 25, 2007 10:43 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
did you play the halo 3 beta?
i did for like 45 minutes.
by xbhaskarx on Jun 26, 2007 7:54 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I'm Jack Cust
I'm getting much better at smacking HR's (about 5-7 a sessions, with some of those double pt HRs), yet I routinely lose 6000-12000 points from K's / lineouts.
by Rickeyfan on Jun 25, 2007 10:46 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
If I posted enough
by snakecharmer on Jun 26, 2007 1:04 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
32006
I'm as far away from the plate as Bobby Crosby, but I actually try to take the ball to the opposite field. Genius.
by Colorado Fan on Jun 25, 2007 10:34 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
opposite field
That seems to be the best strategy. Is it even possible to hit a homer over the left field wall? I've tried and I can't do it.
by Deep Puddle on Jun 25, 2007 10:45 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I've hit a few *off* the LF wall.
Is it possible to hit it over? Over the line can be done. I'd like to hit the balcony.
by Jennifer on Jun 25, 2007 10:48 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
yes
that potted plant tortures me.
by rebus on Jun 25, 2007 10:49 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I want someone to hang a POPPY banner on the rail
by Poppy on Jun 25, 2007 10:54 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Crowd the Place Like Canseco
...and swing a little early. LF wall is yankable.
by Colorado Fan on Jun 25, 2007 11:50 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Has this worked for you?
At best, I get a HR off, not over the steel curtain. Most of the time crowding the plate, I Kendall it weakly up the middle.
by Rickeyfan on Jun 25, 2007 1:29 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I haven't either
Steel Fence = Green Monster, but further. I've hit homers of the fence, but not over it. My preference is the straightaway HR off the scoreboard. It's an especially gratifying target.
by Rickeyfan on Jun 25, 2007 10:53 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
ok
after a few games in a row of less than 2000, I FINALLY figured out (1) you have to move your bat up to get lift and (2) you get a free ball for each HR.
- And pretty much can't reproduce it.
by Apricot on Jun 25, 2007 11:52 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I think 10,000 is the Mendoza line.
Totally Kendalling this game. :(
by Poppy on Jun 25, 2007 12:06 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I suck at this game.
Does that stop me? Noooooooooooooo.
by pam5981 on Jun 25, 2007 12:09 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Maybe now we can DFA Poppy?
by kaweahkaweah on Jun 25, 2007 12:21 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
why?
is she black?
by ArakSOT on Jun 25, 2007 12:24 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I dunno, I'm just a Poppyist
by kaweahkaweah on Jun 25, 2007 12:26 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
As far as you know.
by Poppy on Jun 25, 2007 3:03 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
i can't seem to break 1800
by xbhaskarx on Jun 26, 2007 7:25 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Yeah, I'm Kendall with a mouse...
but I hit like MYSELF with a laptop's touchpad.
by Poppy on Jun 26, 2007 7:32 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Sidenote: Addicting games addition
Not at ALL baseball related: http://yetisports.org/
by pam5981 on Jun 25, 2007 10:04 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
inspired by this weekend
it's not baseball themed like Pinch Hitter, but it sums up the sweep. I was playing this for awhile last night while I was trying to sober up. Have fun!
P.S. I'm on the high scores page under miguel. I'm sure someone out there can beat me.
by malikot on Jun 25, 2007 9:11 AM PDT reply actions 0 recs
In a related story
Ministry of Defence denies regiment kilt shortage
The Royal Regiment of Scotland's 5,000 soldiers currently have just 320 kilts between them.
So, um... what are the other 4,680 wearing?
by ArakSOT on Jun 25, 2007 9:38 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
um, skirts?
by rebus on Jun 25, 2007 9:41 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Shouldn't that "between" be "among"?
by monkeyball on Jun 25, 2007 9:46 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
It's between.
Interpret as you will.
by salb918 on Jun 25, 2007 10:03 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
a White Sox firesale
is imminent, says John Heyman of Sports Illustrated.
by gotgreen on Jun 25, 2007 10:03 AM PDT reply actions 0 recs
I want Pierzynski, we need someone to blame, I
can't think of a better target. Boy would the gameday threads be interesting. I would also love to, hear Fosse after all the years of bashing. He has never bashed a current Athletic.
by theblackpearl on Jun 25, 2007 10:06 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I would love to have Dye back
He's the power hitter the A's need in the OF.
by rebus on Jun 25, 2007 10:19 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
no way....
too crowded out there.
by mikeA on Jun 25, 2007 10:20 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
too crowded?
I'd love to see Buck/Kotsay/Dye in the OF with Swisher at first base and Piazza at DH. Cust could be a dangerous pinch hitter.
Of course we'd have to get rid of Shannon Stewart or Bobby Kielty, but I'd be fine with that.
by rebus on Jun 25, 2007 10:24 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
'twas kidding
it is certainly not too crowded...
by mikeA on Jun 25, 2007 10:26 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
oh, my bad.
{flicks sarcasm detector}
by rebus on Jun 25, 2007 10:28 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
'twas isn't right at all
while I'm thinking about grammar.
by mikeA on Jun 25, 2007 1:01 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Ugh. I almost don't want to link this...
...cause it's giving Dave Del Grande wider exposure (which I'm sure is what he's after) but in today's Trib, without offering any evidence, he says Milton Bradley was DFA'd simply because he's black. Talk about throwing around easy and unfounded accusations of racism. This is the worst kind of column in my opinion because it treats a very serious issue in an irresponsible way and only serves to ignite and fan flames of opinion in an effort to create "churn" for the sake of selling newspapers, creating readership and stirring provocation.
by Ice Cream on Jun 25, 2007 10:15 AM PDT reply actions 0 recs
truly pathetic
You cannot take seriously someone who writes about Bradley without mentioning the facts that he'd been injured all year, is CURRENTLY injured, and is a free agent next year.
by Apricot on Jun 25, 2007 10:21 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Yes.
White power!
by Jennifer on Jun 25, 2007 10:22 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Cust?
He's the only guy with white power on the roster.
by monkeyball on Jun 25, 2007 10:30 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Swish?
or does being a swisher put you into a different sub-category? Pink Power?
by MobiusKlein on Jun 25, 2007 1:42 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Billy! Listen!
Shannon Stewart is black!
by mikeA on Jun 25, 2007 10:25 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
< smears burnt cork on Kendall >
by monkeyball on Jun 25, 2007 10:31 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Anyone here from the South?
How long does it take to completely burn grits?
by mikeA on Jun 25, 2007 10:38 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
hahahaha
QOTM to this one and monkeyball's. hehehee.
to completely burn grits? a while. probably like a couple hours, i'd guess.
by Eric in Atlanta on Jun 25, 2007 12:38 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
i second the QOTM
by xbhaskarx on Jun 26, 2007 7:35 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Called it, bitches
by salb918 on Jun 25, 2007 10:32 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
''Tell me it's not as simple as that.''
It's not as simple as that.
by ArakSOT on Jun 25, 2007 10:32 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Boy, that was easy.
AN hates short people. Tell me it's not as simple as that.
by salb918 on Jun 25, 2007 10:34 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
sorry - it IS that simple
by ArakSOT on Jun 25, 2007 10:46 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
So are you.
Ha! Fell right into my trap!
by salb918 on Jun 25, 2007 10:48 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Uh... DUH.
I'm not saying Bradley should be starting ahead of Travis Buck. But, when healthy, ahead of Shannon Stewart and Bobby Kielty? In a heartbeat.
Yes, Dave. When healthy. When healthy. When healthy.
Healthy, when?
by Poppy on Jun 25, 2007 10:40 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
When was the last time Kielty started a game,
that Milton wasn't healty for? If Kielty wasn't on the 60 day DL, I bet he would have been DFA'd first, and probably will be if he returns this year, or he will be in Sacramento.
by theblackpearl on Jun 25, 2007 10:45 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
and
by King Richard on Jun 26, 2007 9:42 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
he was healthy.
ie, when he was dfa'd.
by mikeA on Jun 25, 2007 10:48 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I'm kinda torn
everyone has offered up explanations for the Bradley trade, but if we email this guy he'll only get more attention.
by malikot on Jun 25, 2007 11:17 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I did email this guy...
it's like arguing with a 5th grader. His only argument is that Beane SAID he "THOUGHT Bradley would be a malcontent" with his diminished playing time and that he didn't KNOW one way or the other. In sum, the operative language behind his entire argument is that Beane "thought",(because Bradley is black of course) he would become a malcontent. Because Beane was operating on gut and not personal knowledge other reasons like outfield overload, injuries, salary, trades etc. were not a part of the equation. Therefore, Beane is a whitewasher of the A's. He had no rebuttal of course to the recent additions of Suzuki (who was called up when a white player in Millhouse was traded) and Garcia. Of course, this joker only sees things in white and black.
I asked him if he thought Beane would EVER tell us the real reason he did ANYTHING to which he, of course, had no answer. It of course wouldn't be prudent for Beane to show his cards. I then told him ANG newspapers must really be hurting if this is the best writer they could come up with, a Skip Bayless-esque incitor.
In sum, don't waste your time talking to this guy.
by SwisherSweet33 on Jun 25, 2007 1:20 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I'm torn as well
but more because I generally like reading the Trib, and was hoping that even if I write about what a flame-throwing internet troll he's become, it will help the Tribune employees keep their jobs and provide some feedback to them about their readership (of which they probably know nothing), which might keep them in the printing business longer.
..."might" being the operative word.
by popcornjames on Jun 25, 2007 1:31 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Well, they've lost one reader in me...
His last response in our email exchange attacked my name. Yeah, my birth name. I out debate him, he resorts to ad hominem attacks. Gotta love it.
Dave Del Grande; miserable person poor sports writer.
by SwisherSweet33 on Jun 25, 2007 2:16 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
yikes....
...has Fire Joe Morgan been alerted to this guy yet?
[goes to FJM]
by popcornjames on Jun 25, 2007 3:42 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Are you the same ice cream that used to post on
AN hella long ago? I haven't heard from you in so long I thought global warming had melted your cap.
by McFood on Jun 25, 2007 11:19 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Well, I'm back. And that odor you smell...
is global warming melting my crap.
Breathe deep the gathering gloom, McFoodstuff.
by Ice Cream on Jun 25, 2007 11:34 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Global warming is a good thing...
by McFood on Jun 25, 2007 12:10 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Has this guy ever heard of defamation?
Defamation is the communication of a statement that makes a false claim, expressly stated or implied to be factual, that may harm the reputation of an individual, business, product, group, government or nation.
by roscoe on Jun 25, 2007 12:05 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
i have noticed
that almost every black player beane brings to the team eventually leaves. maybe beane only acquires them so he can later get rid of them because they're black.
by xbhaskarx on Jun 26, 2007 7:37 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Yes.
And I guess when he brought in Shannon Stewart, he was under the impression he was a small white Dutch boy.
And Frank Thomas? Well, that's totally a white name.
by Ozzz on Jun 26, 2007 10:17 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
He's the hackiest of the hacks
Does anyone take DelGrande serious. Complete joke.
by FreeSanJose on Jun 26, 2007 1:06 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
OT: Schrodinger's Dick
Note: link only intended for purposes of linguistic/scientific/"no-hitter" code/nerd/euphemistic humor.
by monkeyball on Jun 25, 2007 10:42 AM PDT reply actions 0 recs
The DLD is dead to me.
Half the damn links I click on are restricted from viewing at my work. Do these people expect me to work all day!??!
by McFood on Jun 25, 2007 11:23 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Dave Del Grande Calls Out Beane as a Racist!
Folks, this is the type of "journalism" that upsets me. If anyone wonders why blogs such as AN have risen it's due to the irresponsible attitudes of columnists who make racially inflamed statements without any recourse.
http://www.insidebayarea.com/sports/...
Is Dave Del Grande the equivalent of Don Imus? When it comes to stupid statements, maybe. But Del Grande should be questioned and criticized for his unprofessional and accusative statements. Most of us at AN have figured out why MB is gone. Mr. Del Grande is just another reminder of why Beane has such disdain for the print media.
by Gerard on Jun 25, 2007 11:00 AM PDT reply actions 0 recs
My Bad...but worth repeating,..I guess
by Gerard on Jun 25, 2007 12:00 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I'm not sure any of us at AN
have figured out why MB is gone.
by mikeA on Jun 25, 2007 11:07 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
because he was DFA'ed! Duh.
by monkeyball on Jun 25, 2007 11:16 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Mr. Beane?
I think this is an example of why a great many folks have disdain for the print media. And that goes for the demogogues on both ends of the political spectrum.
by alox on Jun 25, 2007 11:08 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
by the way
you all are a bunch of wimps. This blog page is only rated...
Rate your own page at http://mingle2.com/blog-rating.
Sadly they don't seem to parse the words in the more violent passages in the Melhuse comic above.
by Apricot on Jun 25, 2007 11:16 AM PDT reply actions 0 recs
You should plug in a game thread
by kaweahkaweah on Jun 25, 2007 11:24 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
hmm
Yesterday's thread got
This rating was determined based on the presence of the following words:
hurt (5x)
dead (2x)
crap (1x)
by Apricot on Jun 25, 2007 11:27 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
A losing game thread with no cussing?!?!
I don't believe it.
by Poppy on Jun 25, 2007 11:47 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Boobs!
Boobs! Boobs! Boobs! Boobs! Boobs!
(maybe that'll up our ratings)
by kaweahkaweah on Jun 25, 2007 11:51 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
nope
boobs didn't register. But we ARE up to PG-13. Let me try pasting in some text.
Macha, I will kill you and eat your flesh. Then I will commit suicide, track you down in the underworld... ...and vomit blobs of your own putrid guts down your Satan-seared throat. MELLY SMASH!
Be right back.
by Apricot on Jun 25, 2007 11:54 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
All of LL's game threads over the weekend got:
by Soaker on Jun 25, 2007 12:02 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I just ran a few HH diaires...
by ArakSOT on Jun 25, 2007 12:34 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Oh!
The Cadaver Calculator!
http://mingle2.com/cadaver-calculator
How much are you worth?
by Jennifer on Jun 25, 2007 12:36 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
$4,490
but maybe more if I grow my hair out.
by Apricot on Jun 25, 2007 12:40 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
$4,590
Man, they'll buy anything. But I'm pretty sure I'd be used to make soap or something.
And the long hair really didn't add much.
by Jennifer on Jun 25, 2007 12:47 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Not soap:
by mikeA on Jun 25, 2007 12:49 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
:(
[makes therapy appointment]
[contemplates slitting wrists]
by Jennifer on Jun 25, 2007 12:54 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
What if you were the glue
they used for Harden and Buck?
by mikeA on Jun 25, 2007 12:56 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
$4205
But that question about my height was loaded.
by salb918 on Jun 25, 2007 12:50 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
$4175
If they think I'm worth that much, I'm sold. Stupid site doesn't say where I can go and sell my body, though.
by ArakSOT on Jun 25, 2007 1:00 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
$3790
by McFood on Jun 25, 2007 1:57 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
or an elephant
tight with albinos.
by andeux on Jun 25, 2007 1:58 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I'm tight with bonobos -- does that count?
by monkeyball on Jun 25, 2007 2:49 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
$11450 Top that!
Non-smoking, non-drinking, healthy eating, sugar-free, non-diabetic, untanned, painless, non-contaminated, non-psycho, non-diabetic body-builing, parapalegic herniated long-haired albino dwarf kid with perfect vision, elephantitis and no appendix or intestines.
by Rickeyfan on Jun 25, 2007 3:27 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
$8255 if I add Giantism to that.
by McFood on Jun 25, 2007 2:02 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Giantist! Go back to Warrantless Wiretap Park!
by monkeyball on Jun 25, 2007 2:50 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I wish I was savvy enough
to post a link to the old movie "The Warriors"
by alox on Jun 25, 2007 11:29 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
never saw it, but remember the ads
for it...particularly the baseball bats they weilded.
by ak_A on Jun 25, 2007 12:15 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Now a cult classic I believe.
Definatley a strange film, but worth watching.
by alox on Jun 25, 2007 2:07 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
can this Mohawk kid hit?
by ArakSOT on Jun 25, 2007 11:42 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Nah
Billy Beane's prejudiced against Native Americans.
by andeux on Jun 25, 2007 11:43 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Nice Milton the Monster sig!
by McFood on Jun 25, 2007 11:48 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
well, he looks plenty white
maybe a little too white for my taste.
by mikeA on Jun 25, 2007 11:44 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I dunno...
seems like the least of the Mohawkins, if you ask me.
by Ice Cream on Jun 25, 2007 12:01 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
i didn't want barton called up before september
but after seeing that photo, i've changed my mind.
by xbhaskarx on Jun 26, 2007 7:39 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Okay everybody.
Pet peeve.
The roster move is called Designate For Assignment, and the verb is the first word. Therefore, when abbreviating, we should say that Milton Bradley was D'dFA, not DFA'd. Get it right, people.
by salb918 on Jun 25, 2007 12:23 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
I mean, you're obviously RIGHT
But it's never gonna happen.
by pam5981 on Jun 25, 2007 12:25 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I may be crazy, but you're the nerd
who beat me in the spelling bee. Don't think I've let I that god.
by salb918 on Jun 25, 2007 12:26 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
EDIT
god = go.
Jebus, I still can't speel.
by salb918 on Jun 25, 2007 12:26 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
(That last one was for comedic purposes only)
<sends memo to Poppy's boss>
by salb918 on Jun 25, 2007 12:27 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
let go, let God
by batgirl on Jun 25, 2007 12:36 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
When is Chad Goddam pitching next?
by salb918 on Jun 25, 2007 12:37 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
heel if I know!
by batgirl on Jun 25, 2007 12:40 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
"WMDs"?
No, it's WsMD.
Similar concept.
by kaweahkaweah on Jun 25, 2007 12:25 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Exactly.
Correct: "Blez should DFA Poppy," "Poppy should be D'dFA," "DingFA Poppy would be good for AN."
Incorrect: "Poppy should not be DFA'd.
by salb918 on Jun 25, 2007 12:29 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Let's start a mass movement!
by kaweahkaweah on Jun 25, 2007 12:35 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Mass movement = communal poop = DLD
by salb918 on Jun 25, 2007 12:37 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
following your jejune rules ...
... shouldn't it be "Blez should D Poppy FA"?
by monkeyball on Jun 25, 2007 12:59 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
hold on..
doesn't the "W" in "WMD" stand for "Weapons"? Therefore both "WMDs" and "WsMD" are redundant...
by high street on Jun 25, 2007 12:38 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Not necessarily
You can refer to a weapon of mass destruction (singular). As in, "That there is a mighty fine weapon of mass destruction you've got."
by kaweahkaweah on Jun 25, 2007 12:43 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Not necessarily
Elijah Dukes's junk = Weapon of MD. If he had multiple organs (?), well, you get the picture.
by Jennifer on Jun 25, 2007 12:45 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I thought it was more of a WMC
Weapon of Mass Creation.
by Englishmajor on Jun 25, 2007 1:38 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
WMR - Weapon of Mass Reproduction
Nevermind.
by McFood on Jun 25, 2007 2:07 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Disagree
It is at the very least not clear that acronyms must have parallel grammar. There is disagreement. To the extent you're right, it should just be DFA, with the past tense implied by the context. In the WMD context, correct is "a WMD" and "some WMD".
"RBI" has a different grammar than "Run batted in," hence "an RBI." I would say that RBI is a singular noun, that can quite acceptably be pluralized into RBIs. I would accept "Cust had 3 RBIs" or "Cust had 3 RBI." I would definitely not approve of "Cust had 3 RsBI".
by mikeA on Jun 25, 2007 12:44 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
If you're gonna be anal about it
Shouldn't it be
D's MikeA FA?
by pam5981 on Jun 25, 2007 12:57 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
<Sal's edifice crumbles all around him>
by mikeA on Jun 25, 2007 1:00 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
*Anal* will probably up the rating too.
Just doin' my part.
by pam5981 on Jun 25, 2007 12:58 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Also, indefinite article ...
... depends on whether you say "arr-bee-eye," or "ribbie": an "arr-bee-eye," or a "ribbie."
by monkeyball on Jun 25, 2007 1:01 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
"arrrrrrrrrrrrr-bee-eye" is clearly correct.
by mikeA on Jun 25, 2007 1:03 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
"ribbie" isn't even a pronunciation of RBI
it's a different word altogether
by ArakSOT on Jun 25, 2007 1:04 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
uh ...
... so, do you say "enn ay ess ay"? Or, more apposite, "ell oh oh gee wye"?
(Or, for the French art majors out there, "ell aitch oh oh que"?)
by monkeyball on Jun 25, 2007 1:09 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
uh... those ARE pronunciations of acronyms
Ribbie is a seperate word that means RBIs.
Don't push me, monkeyboy. I'll poll this if I have to.
by ArakSOT on Jun 25, 2007 1:24 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
f'n' stick that thing out there
by monkeyball on Jun 25, 2007 1:26 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
unavoidable: spelling error in a grammar debate
by monkeyball on Jun 25, 2007 1:28 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
These debates are bad for all of us
by encouraging a lot more care than really should be put into these posts.
by mikeA on Jun 25, 2007 1:31 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I vote non-word
Bill James made a comment in one of the old Baseball Abstracts that "ribbies" must have been invented by one of the same sportscasters who insists on calling the Chicago team the "Cubbies." (In retrospect, Bill James may have been an early influence on my advanced curmudgeonliness.)
by andeux on Jun 25, 2007 1:34 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I love grammar.
This conversation makes me happy.
by pam5981 on Jun 25, 2007 1:04 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
your mom's mom's from Boston?
by monkeyball on Jun 25, 2007 1:06 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Reappearing/disappearing "r" drives me nuts.
"I'm going to warsh my cah, pick up some pizzar, and eat it in my backyahd."
You can't just borrow an r from one word and give it to another!!!
by salb918 on Jun 25, 2007 1:10 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
when Sal Jr hits 16, don't let him borrow your r
(Make him take the Segway.)
by monkeyball on Jun 25, 2007 1:14 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Man, high standards ... what if Cust had 6 RsBI?
in one inning?
by Rickeyfan on Jun 25, 2007 1:05 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
We'd shit our pants.
[ups rating]
by Jennifer on Jun 25, 2007 1:06 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I'd Sal's
by monkeyball on Jun 25, 2007 1:10 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
monkeyball's a WMD
by McFood on Jun 25, 2007 2:12 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I'm permanently on DEFECON-5
by monkeyball on Jun 25, 2007 2:51 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
So when did you stop saying...
"RBI's"???
by Gerard on Jun 25, 2007 3:31 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Wow.
I'm a grammatical failure. <Gives in, DFAs self>
by salb918 on Jun 25, 2007 1:09 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
actually, you're an ungrammatical failure
by monkeyball on Jun 25, 2007 1:09 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I'm not going to say you failed
but couldn't you have started this grammatical brou ha ha on Friday? My DLD was lucky to get the 71 comments it got and now this baby's nearly hit 200.
On the plus side, however, I did score the coveted NC-17 rating thanks to Jennifer's thoughtful inclusion of "apeshit."
by batgirl on Jun 25, 2007 2:50 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
or maybe I didn't even get that
does just one apeshit do it, or do you need multiple apeshits?
by batgirl on Jun 25, 2007 2:52 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
only careful research will tell
Your DLD got an R rating. Not bad.
This rating was determined based on the presence of the following words:
ass (5x)
bitches (3x)
death (2x)
crap (1x)
http://mingle2.com/blog-rating tells all.
by Apricot on Jun 25, 2007 3:27 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I appreciate your efforts folks
But it's pretty weak. We still merely have an R rating, despite Jennifer and Pam's best efforts. Our highlights:
ass (3x)
anal (2x)
shit (1x)
I checked out LL's last game thread to see how they achieved the coveted NC-17 rating and found:
fucking (47x)
kill (39x)
fuck (15x)
hell (7x)
shit (6x)
suck (5x)
ass (3x)
apeshit (2x)
pissed (1x)
I think if we could get grover and xbox yelling at each other here, we might be able to compete, but we're just a little too nice. Most of us.
by Apricot on Jun 25, 2007 1:19 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
LL was apeshit?
by mikeA on Jun 25, 2007 1:20 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
twice
And I wasn't even there.
by monkeyball on Jun 25, 2007 1:21 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
You'd b apeshit too if Willie Bloomquist went 2/3
apeshit ct now (2x)
by Rickeyfan on Jun 25, 2007 1:26 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
NC-17 now
due to quoting LL.
I do note with satisfaction that the classic cheap soap opera about Crosby's ass thread got a straight NC-17 with no, ahem, artificial enhancement.
ass (70x)
hell (8x)
fucking (3x)
sex (2x)
crack (1x)
by Apricot on Jun 25, 2007 1:36 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Wow.
That's a lot of fucks and fucking.
Ass! Piss! Damn! Shit!
What rating are we aiming for?
RAPE! KILL!
by Jennifer on Jun 25, 2007 1:37 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Incest! Bestiality! Necrophilia!
by ArakSOT on Jun 25, 2007 1:40 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
John Lackey procreating!
Bartolo Colon showering! Bill Plaschke typing! Rev Halofan critiquing art! oaktoon discussing regression to the mean!
by salb918 on Jun 25, 2007 1:46 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Balls! Bajingo! Hootenanny!
by McFood on Jun 25, 2007 2:17 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
nc 17
"I think if we could get grover and xbox yelling at each other here, we might be able to compete"
the only problem with that is grover and i get along. if you want us to yell more, you'll have to find a way to bring back oaktoon and as eh.
by xbhaskarx on Jun 26, 2007 7:41 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Shut the hell up.
But grover does.
<buys popcorn>
by McFood on Jun 26, 2007 9:03 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
"hell"?
Wimp.
by Poppy on Jun 26, 2007 9:05 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Be quiet and go make a new DLD.
by McFood on Jun 26, 2007 9:09 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
A's should fire Geren
and hire Girardi. Dude can manage.
by mikeA on Jun 26, 2007 9:05 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
This comment rated NC-420
Supreme court rules against BONG HiTS 4 JESUS
by andeux on Jun 25, 2007 1:30 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
obviously not advocating drug use
It's a baseball strategy message.
by monkeyball on Jun 25, 2007 1:52 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I hadn't even thought of that
It could be referring to the 2004 Reds.
by andeux on Jun 25, 2007 1:56 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
and, of course, if ...
... the Reds were playing in SF in '04, and that pitcher gave up a game-winning HR into deep RF in the bottom of the 9th, it would be Jesus Walk-off's on Water.
by monkeyball on Jun 25, 2007 2:55 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Holy poo.
I leave for a few hours and all heck breaks loose.
by Poppy on Jun 25, 2007 3:02 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
"poo" and "heck"?
thanks for brining us back down to a G-rating.
by batgirl on Jun 25, 2007 3:05 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Fuck you, bitch!
by Poppy on Jun 25, 2007 3:06 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I'M SORRY!
That hurt me more than I hurt you.
by Poppy on Jun 25, 2007 3:07 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
That made me LOL
by Jennifer on Jun 25, 2007 3:36 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Sharon once told me to call her a bitch...
and I just couldn't, even when told to.
I think I've made progress.
by Poppy on Jun 25, 2007 3:39 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Ok, everyone, she's back!
by McFood on Jun 25, 2007 3:06 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
OK
by monkeyball on Jun 25, 2007 3:18 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
You got DFA'd.
by mikeA on Jun 25, 2007 3:11 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Driven the Fuck Away?
by Poppy on Jun 25, 2007 3:13 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
nah, I D'd her FA last week
Wait. That sounds dirty.
by monkeyball on Jun 25, 2007 3:17 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
As George Carlin would say about this thread:
Fuck.
This fuckin' fucker's all fucked up.
Now this thread will fined by the FCC.
by LawDaddy on Jun 25, 2007 3:11 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
there's, uh, *no* m'fin' shark in the m'fin' tank
My theory for this? The father is a devil ray.
by monkeyball on Jun 25, 2007 3:27 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
Uhhh totally just got busted playing Pinch Hitter
by a co-worker. Must stop for today.
by pam5981 on Jun 25, 2007 3:33 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
ONE WEEK!
That's SEVEN DAYS! AHHHH!!
by Jennifer on Jun 25, 2007 3:37 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
AAAAHHHHHHHHHHH!!!
{signs on dotted line}
by Poppy on Jun 25, 2007 3:40 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
LOL
Poppy Jr?
by Jennifer on Jun 25, 2007 3:42 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Is your mom proposing a trade?
by Poppy on Jun 25, 2007 3:56 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Don't even look at the line up.
Seriously.
by Jennifer on Jun 25, 2007 3:42 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
i don't watch wrestling at all
but this is still sad!
chris benoit, his wife, and son were found dead in their home. no details yet on what happened.
by gotgreen on Jun 25, 2007 4:39 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
wow, that's a stunner
can't wait for the details, but it sounds tragic.
Guess that means he joins his best friend Eddie Guerrero in the big ring in the wherever ...
by Rickeyfan on Jun 25, 2007 5:41 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
given the rumored details ...
by Rickeyfan on Jun 26, 2007 11:09 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Melhuse thought process is funny
I have to think that now that Melhuse is on the Rangers, the Rangers are actually winning. And the A's are losing. (although I think that has more to do with playing hard teams). If Kendall is traded to Texas I actually think Melhuse will commit suicide. Or at leat poke his eyes out with his cleats.
by mlleaimee on Jun 25, 2007 8:27 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
The losing streak started...
Tell me it's not that simple.
by McFood on Jun 26, 2007 9:08 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
so this team needs MORE
by xbhaskarx on Jun 26, 2007 11:21 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Kendall Stinks
by mlleaimee on Jun 26, 2007 6:29 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
What IS it with Kielty's calf??
There are calves that have gone from pasture to burger joint since he went on the DL. Hell, I had my hip joint dislocated, sawed-off, otherwise rent asunder, and replaced with a metal object on April 30, and I'm "running without discomfort" by now.
In my experience, muscles just don't take that long to heal. But then, I guess I've never been examined by the Grim Trainer or worked-over by his implement of choice.
by The Dogfather on Jun 26, 2007 11:39 AM PDT reply actions 0 recs
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